1000 PeaceWomen:

1000 women for peace and justice

The 1000 PeaceWomen are activists from around the world who were collectively nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Several are still part of our growing network of women peace activists today.

The initiative "1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize" is the starting point of our founding story. The women come from all regions of the world, have very different biographies and are – or were – active in different areas, locally, nationally or internationally.

What they had in common is their belief in a peaceful and just world, for which they strove with their daily, often dangerous work. Today, several of them are connecting with activists around the globe in our network Feminists Connecting for Peace.

In 2005, the book "1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe" was published in several languages with the history of the initiative and the biographies of the nominated PeaceWomen. You can order the book from us. On this page you can read the biographies that were compiled for the book at the time. Enter the first or last name or the country of the PeaceWoman you are looking for in the search box.

In the film "1000 Women and a Dream" you can learn the whole story of the initiative "1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize".

Please note:

It was inherent in such a large-scale initiative that some of the women might change their political views, even turn their backs on the values we once shared. We consider the “1000 Women for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize” initiative an historic project with a clear beginning and end. Therefore, we have chosen to leave all biographies intact and not to update or amend them in any way to maintain their historical accuracy and to preserve them as a testimony to that moment in time. When we are made aware of PeaceWomen whose actions and activities run counter to our values and aims we will make our differences known on this website.

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Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

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Bahrain

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Barbados

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Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia And Herzegovina

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Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

China, Hong Kong Sar

China, Taiwan

Colombia

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Côte D'ivoire

Dem. Republic Of The Congo

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Fed. States Of Micronesia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

International

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lao Peoples Dem. Republic

Lebanon

Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

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Nepal

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New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Occupied Palestinian Territory

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

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Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

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Qatar

Republic Of Korea

Republic Of Moldova

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saint Lucia

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

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Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan

Tfyr Macedonia

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Tonga

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United Republic Of Tanzania

United States Of America

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Venezuela

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Western Sahara

Yemen

Zimbabwe